Subspecies Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum

Name: Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum (Tsukamura et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: subspecies, comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986

Etymology: a.ce.ta.mi.do.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. acetamidum, acetamide; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. acetamidolyticum, digesting acetamide

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-li-ki-bak-TE-ri-um for-tu-I-tum a-ke-ta-mi-do-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35931; CIP 105423; DSM 44220; JCM 6368; NCH E11620

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR733720 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Mycolicibacterium fortuitum within a separate genus Mycolicibacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Mycolicibacterium fortuitum (da Costa Cruz 1938) Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 798187